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The Histories of the second-century B.C. author Polybius chronicles one of the most exciting, and important, developments in the ancient world-the transformation of Rome from an Italian peninsular state into the first, and only, pan-Mediterranean super-power there has ever been. This volume provides an accessible introduction to this great work, written in 40 books (of which only the first five are preserved in full) covering the period 264-146 B.C.

History, Ancient --- Historiography. --- Polybius. --- Polybius --- Polybe --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Influence. --- Historiography --- Histoire ancienne --- Historiographie

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Despite the significant work carried out on the text, transmission, materiality, and scribal habits preserved in the Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri since their acquisition by Beatty ninety years ago in 1931, these early copies of Jewish scripture and the New Testament have, for the most part, belonged primarily to textual critics. The goal of this book is to resituate this important collection of manuscripts in broader contexts, examining their significance in conversation with papyrology as a discipline, in the context of other ancient literary traditions preserved on papyri, and in discussion with the intellectual and cultural history of collecting, colonialism, and scholarly rhetoric. The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri, and other papyrological collection with which they are inextricably bound, remind us of the critical value of examining old manuscripts afresh in their historical, scholarly, and intellectual contexts. These studies are relevant for all scholars who work with manuscripts and ancient texts of any variety.

Sammelhandschrift --- Frühjudentum --- Literatur --- Papyrus --- RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology. --- Colonialism. --- Manuscripts. --- Philology. --- Social history.